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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture. Prerequisite: RELN 112. Provides students with an opportunity for advanced study in the historical development of religious thought and practice in India. It includes the study of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Islam, and Sikhism as well as minority religions such as Judaism, Christianity, and the faith of the Parsis.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture. Prerequisite: RELN 112. Provides students with an opportunity for advanced study in the historical development of religious thought and practice in China and Japan. It includes the study of ancestor worship, folk religion, Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, Shinto, "New Religious Movements"and communism.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture. Prerequisite: Three hours of religious studies. Investigates nonconventional religious groups in the United States, from colonial Quakers and Puritans to contemporary Scientology and the Church of Satan. Lectures will survey mainline religious and cultural trends salient to the appearance of sects and cults. Students will evaluate social/scientifi c theories on topics such as the mental health of leaders and followers, cult-related violence, conversion and defection, the law and deviant religions.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture. Prerequisite: Three hours of religious studies. An examination of the historically powerful public belief that America is a nation "chosen" by God to carry out a divine mission. Through careful reading of letters, sermons, presidential addresses, and popular literature, this course will explore the history, components, and implications of the myth, as well as the myth's role in shaping America's political landscape today.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture. Prerequisite: RELN 200 or 202. Concentrates on one segment, a particular genre, or a specifi c issue, to advance the student's knowledge and understanding of the Old Testament. Representative topics include law and covenant, narrative analysis of the Old Testament, wisdom literature, and the prophets. This course may be taken up to three times with a different topic each time.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture. Prerequisite: 3 hours in Religious Studies. Religion and Death critically examines a significant dimension of religious life. Death, the great unknown, awaits us all. One of the chief functions of religions is to ease the anxiety and pain of being mortal. How and how well is this accomplished? To answer, students will explore supernaturalist treatments of death across cultures and time, e.g., funeral rites, descriptions of hell, ghost beliefs, and Near-Death Experiences.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture. Prerequisite: Three hours of religious studies. Provides an opportunity for advanced study of a selected topic in religious studies. Examples of topics to be studied may include Zen Buddhism, goddesses, and the letters of Paul. The course may be taken up to three times with a different topic each time.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the Honors Academy, completion of all other Honors Academy requirements, a minimum of 3.5 GPA in all courses and in religious studies. Project and topic to be determined by the student, the faculty member with whom the student works and the department. In order to receive honors credit, a student must earn a grade of "A" or "B" for the fi nal projecCourse may not be repeated.
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3.00 - 12.00 Credits
Prerequisites: 18 hours of Religious Studies; junior or senior standing; minimum 3.0 GPA in major; approval of the department chairperson. Offers an opportunity through experiential learning to apply skills gained through the Religious Studies curriculum in a careeroriented atmosphere. The internship consists of a one or two semester placement with a business, governmental agency, or religious or service organization interested in working with students who have critical thinking skills, research and writing skills, and knowledge of issues addressed in the study of religion. Grading will be on A-F basis. No more than 3 credit hours may be applied toward the requirements for the major.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
See "Independent Study" on p. 63.
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